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This Morning fans were left cringing into their breakfasts today over the "casual racism" displayed by a British couple stranded on a cruise in the Bahamas.

Lauren Carrick and Joseph Harrison appeared on the ITV daytime programme today to speak about being trapped on the ship for over a month and sometimes made to stay in their rooms for up to 21 hours a day.

The couple, who are crew on the ship, told Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield that the atmosphere was "horrible".

(Image: ITV)

(Image: ITV)

The majority of the passengers disembarked amid the pandemic in Miami, however the crew had to stay on.

Lauren was in tears as Joseph admitted that they had had a "rubbish" time isolating in their room and unable to get any fresh air.

The pair confirmed that there was no covid-19 on the ship and had been a "clean ship" since April 19th.

They confirmed that they would soon be able to be let off the ship.

(Image: ITV)

(Image: ITV)

But fans were left stunned when Lauren described time on the ship being "hell" and revealed that someone had taken their own life on one of the other ships within the same company.

He continued: "It's quite a hostile environment on the ship because everyone's in each other's faces all the time, people are just getting angry. It's not a very nice place to be at the moment."

One tweeted: "@thismorning the guests stuck on a cruise ship, had my sympathies, until the mild racism. Female guest says “lots of Indians on board, we feel uncomfortable!” Embarrassing. #thismorning."

While another commented: "Hey @thismorning are you going to acknowledge or distance yourself from the cruise couples casual racism that you broadcast live to the nation? #ThisMorning."

A third wrote: "#ThisMorning So the lady on the cruise ships casually slips in a bit of racism and nothing is said. Bigot much."

"What an awful thing to say... this woman’s shown her true colors with this casual racism #ThisMorning," another commented.